Thank you, Mr. Antoine. We are on page 4-15, grants and contributions, grants, $210,000.
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This is page numbers 295 - 364 of the Hansard for the 14th Assembly, 3rd Session. The original version can be accessed on the Legislative Assembly's website or by contacting the Legislative Assembly Library. The word of the day was communities.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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Some Hon. Members
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Just with regard to the contribution to the granular materials. One of the concerns a lot of the communities have is that they do not have the resources. They do not have access to granular materials, especially to upgrade their roads in the communities. I am noticing that there has been an increase in there. What is the process for communities to access this program?
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Murray
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This has been treated as a capital program and it has been portioned out to the communities based on where there is a need to develop those resources. It depends on the community and their need for gravel. This is study money to largely go and find out where quarries should be, and to develop a management plan with the communities to develop that resource for the long term.
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This is exactly the type of dollars that I have been looking for, especially in the case of Aklavik. They have been trying to get a road up into the foothills in the mountains to get gravel. There has never been enough money to do anything with. If you look at $230,000 and spread it out to 30-odd communities, it does not add up to much. Is it strictly for planning? What does the community of Aklavik have to do to access this funding?
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Murray
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My understanding is, when the communities meet with the department to go through their capital requirements both over the five-year capital planning period, that this is one of the areas that could be discussed at that point in time. If you would like us to specifically address Aklavik, we will talk to them right away.
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Since I seem to be the only one who is concerned about it, I will just take the whole $250,000. That way it is on the public record.
-- Interjection
-- Laughter
Can a community access the whole $250,000?
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. No, there are other communities in the Northwest Territories and they all need gravel. We will have to work out a fair and equitable way between the communities to share this money. Thank you.
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Leon Lafferty North Slave
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We all need gravel. Granular material is needed in some of the smaller communities. The only way to get a crusher up there is on the winter road. I do not think they like to crush in the winter, so sometimes a crusher has to go up there and stay until summer, where they crush in the summer and then come out. I think sometimes they have to pay for the whole year for the machine to just sit there. I am just wondering, is there a way they can look at plans on how they can crush for all the smaller communities if they are in one group, like Wha Ti, Snare Lake, Gameti?
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, usually in a gravel crushing operation, this department tries to work with other departments that have a similar project in the same area. For example, with Public Works and Services, and maybe even Transportation, we are trying to coordinate our needs for acquiring gravel together. If it is a crushing operation, then usually it is in conjunction with another department. I think we are going to have to, with this program here, look at what needs there are in the municipalities and what kind of projects there are that require gravel as well, and see if we could coordinate it better. Thank you.
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Leon Lafferty North Slave
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, since the Highway No. 3 realignment and resurfacing is happening, and they are crushing gravel right next to Rae, we can connect that and do some crushing there. I understand there is some work done on the Dempster Highway, and he can get the other half. Thank you.
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
Like I said, crushing is a very expensive operation if you are going to do it only for one small community. It may require using the equipment in the community. Having the equipment in the community for a whole year just to do a small job, and if we have coordination like the honourable Member is mentioning, we have to coordinate again with the Department of Transportation, Department of Public Works and Services, and that is how we will have to do it. There are other communities that require gravel, so he can share it with Mr. Krutko. Thank you.
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